A review of The Accidental Guerrilla, a book by David Kilcullen, acknowledges Kilcullen's expertise in counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare operations and finds his treatment of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan extremely valuable and unique.
Read MoreWhat can Napoleon's wars in Spain and Portugal teach us about modern war in Afghanistan and Iraq? Plenty, according to U.S. Army major Pat Proctor, who participated in the 2007 campaign redesign for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Read MoreFull text of a speech by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates at National Defense University, Sept. 29, 2008. He addresses ideas and analysis, as well as points of contention, behind America's National Defense Strategy.
Read MoreA review of the book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare. Thirteen insurgencies from the last 110 years are examined, with details on what strategies were employed to combat them, what worked, what didn't, and lessons learned.
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